Litigation over Party assets at Songshan Paint Factory has been delayed for many years. The Economic and Social Council: Returning state-owned housing to the public as soon as possible

The Songshan Paint Factory, which was once considered an improper party property of the Kuomintang, has not yet been nationalized due to disputes over the company's liquidation and property rights transfer. In response, United for Economic Democracy held a press conference at the Legislative Yuan today (13th) with Taipei City Councilors and candidates, demanding that the Kuomintang stop using litigation to delay the return of land in this prime area to state ownership as soon as possible and prioritize planning for use as social housing.

Lai Zhongqiang, convener of the United for Economic Democracy think tank, pointed out that the Songshan Paint Factory, located at the intersection of Citizen Avenue and Keelung Road, covers an area of more than 1,000 square meters. It was originally taken over by Nissan after the post-war government. In 1953, it was registered under the name of the Taiwan Industrial and Mining Corporation, owned by the Taiwan Province. It was acquired by the Kuomintang and established Songshan Paint Factory Co., Ltd. After the company registration was revoked by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in September 1964, it has been idle to this day. The liquidation process has also been blocked, which has continued to delay the bad debts of the Kuomintang property. The process of nationalization has not yet been completed.

Tu Jingliang, a researcher at the United Economic Democracy think tank, further explained that the Kuomintang has not yet gone through the liquidation process. It was not until 2019 that the Kuomintang applied to the Party Property Council to sell the company's equity due to the provisions of the "Political Party Law" that prohibited the operation of profit-making enterprises. It was found that in order to circumvent the provisions of the "Company Law", the Kuomintang had registered the equity of Songqi Company in the name of the party stock representative under a borrowed name. As a result, the Kuomintang is now unable to dispose of the equity. Later, the Kuomintang also filed a lawsuit to confirm the existence of the borrowed name registration, which is still pending in the High Court.

Tu Jingliang said that dealing with the Songshan Paint Factory, a party property, does not need to be that complicated. According to Article 322, Paragraph 2 of the Company Law, when a liquidator cannot be selected in the usual way, the court may select a liquidator based on the petition of an interested party. Therefore, he called on the Party and Property Council to apply to the court to appoint a liquidator in accordance with this provision, and then impose sanctions before transferring the Songshan Paint Factory to state ownership.

Taipei City Councilor Hong Jianyi believes that both the central and local governments have the responsibility to handle the transfer of the Songshan Paint Factory as soon as possible. After all, this idle land is located in the prime area of ​​the Songxin area. Coupled with the urgent housing needs of the citizens, it is hoped that this land will be allocated for social housing without compensation in the future. As the current mayor, Chiang Wanan should also actively coordinate with the central government to include the land in the social housing assessment.

Deng Leqiang, a Taipei City Council candidate for Taiwan Foundation, pointed out that the Songshan Paint Factory land can be used to build about 400 to 450 social housing units based on the Jinhua Street social housing in Da'an District, and also design social welfare spaces such as kindergartens and activity centers. In fact, the transportation and living functions of this land are quite complete, but what is missing is the determination to pull it out of the quagmire of party property. I hope this project will not be like the Songji relocation project, which is only conceptual and has no specific content.

Taipei City Councilor Miao Boya said that in terms of Taipei City's social housing goals, in the past, both Ko Wenzhe and Chiang Wanan promised to directly build 50,000 new households. However, during Chiang Wanan's tenure, the number of completed, under construction, and planned social housing units only increased by 755. According to this progress, the goal will not be realized in another few decades. If all improper party property in Taipei City is successfully recovered and used as social housing or public facilities, it will be a positive and positive use method for all citizens.